Its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all get cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch a very important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say word about that but first i want to recognize some very distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice who was here with us. [applause] and youll be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour. She will be one of our conversationalists. Our other cochair, harvard ever does professor, could not be here with his buddies very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill cohen and mrs. Janet cohen. Welcome secretary. Janet, welcome. [applause] i want to pay tribute to one of i think one of the people who for me a bodies bipartisanship whos involved in every effort to
Critical audience for us representing a lot of researchers and thinking that goes into laying the foundation for a lot of advanced technologies. Attend tend to be a wonky or crowd, a lot of people who understand what we are saying and hearing from them helps inform what we are doing great we support this panel today and appreciate everyone and in the Human Trafficking panel earlier today. Human trafficking is a critical issue we all need to take action on now. Well will be talking about the secretarys top priority which will be fostering innovation. While ensuring the publics legitimate concerns over safety and security on the forefront. And the Deputy Assistant secretary for transportation policy. Ive been working on these for three years. At,ything we are looking and very excited about this conversation braden to my left is james owens. I will be in the innovation space its very active space. Ensureole is doing these are in our airspace and to ensure we keep that is innovative as pos
Huds hudson senior institute. I am seth cropsey. I hope that you have the monograph thats a subject of our discussion today. And, if you do not, i believe that we still have copies in and out the front desk so by all means pick up a copy on your way out. We are fortunate to have with us today brian mcgraft, this man, my friend and coarthur, former Deputy Director of Hudson Center and managing director of the National Security defense consultant. Also a plane crash to welcome this man. Also, a retired naval officer and defense news best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph, brian will follow and then the three of us will discuss, well conclude with questions and probably some answers. To the untrained audience, modern Technology May seemed to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory and historic conflict relied on the coincidence of skills and luck. The great commander thought to place himself in a position to impose his will o
If conflict is looking different under a number of Legal Framework to try as much as possible to limit the damage especially on civilians they are quickly becoming outdated. They see much more estate they follow the different framework. I think it is something we need to reflect very carefully Going Forward how do we adopt, reform and make sure that our legal law principles are both solid and grounded and help us fight the wars that we need to fight while staying true to our values. To me that be a key challenge of the future. And the question that you are really asking is what will be different that someone in that role of the staff officer and military mutts can be different from them when they are advising their boss on what to do. I think there are two things that stand out. One is a play off of what paul brought up. Ten years out. The task of that staff officer in the executive is not can it be go out and get me the information on acts rather its going to be help me to figure out
A fellow here at hudson and a director for center of american seapower. I hope you have a monograph, the subject of our discussion today. And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great